The Red Skelton Show season 8
The Red Skelton Show season 8 rolls on with its 30-minute format, still in black and white, with a bevy of guest stars and Red… Read More »The Red Skelton Show season 8
Freddie and the Turkey Dinner
Freddie and the Turkey Dinner – with William Frawley – The Red Skelton Show, season 8, originally aired November 26, 1958
Freddie and the Turkey Dinner – it’s Thanksgiving, and poor Freddie the Freeloader is determined to get a turkey dinner at the restaurant. But he hasn’t any money …
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Red Skelton on Good Morning America
Red Skelton on Good Morning America, March 19, 1984
Red Skelton on Good Morning America – an interview prior to his HBO London show, A Royal Command Performance
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Freddie and the Election
Freddie and the Election, with Ann Rutherford – The Red Skelton Show, Season 8, originally aired October 21, 1958
Freddie and the Election – can Freddie the Freeloader win an honest and fair election? Not if his opponent has anything to say about it!
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Services Set Today for Red Skelton’s Son
Services Set Today for Red Skelton’s Son – originally published in Desert Sun, May 13, 1958 HOLLYWOOD. Funeral services were scheduled today for Red Skelton’s… Read More »Services Set Today for Red Skelton’s Son
The House That Junk Built
The House That Junk Built with Fernando Lamas, Senator Dirksen – The Red Skelton Hour season 16, originally aired April 18, 1967
In The House That Junk Built, a billionaire is tired off the stresses of executive life. Can he become a hobo like Freddie the Freeloader?
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The Nag and I
The Nag and I – The Red Skelton Hour season 16, with Nipsey Russell
In The Nag and I, CBS fires the henpecked George Appleby from his job as a page. Nipsey Russell is a fired police officer. So, they form a comedy team!
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Red Skelton Marries Former Model
Red Skelton Marries Former Model – originally printed in the Lewiston Morning Tribune – Mar 10, 1945
Hollywood, March 9 — (AP) Pfc. Richard (Red) Skelton, radio comedian who almost got married a year ago, made it today with 23-year-old Georgia Maureen Davis former photographer’s model from Casper, Wyo. as his bride.
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A Bum for All Seasons
A Bum for All Seasons, The Red Skelton Hour season 16, with Cliff Robertson
A Bum for All Seasons – Freddie the Freeloader is “discovered” as a pop art sensation by Cliff Robertson, and flown to Paris! But his hobo pals, follow, and …
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Red Skelton’s Son Dies Thinking of Mother
Red Skelton’s Son Dies Thinking of Mother – originally published in the Pittsburgh Press-Gazette, May 12, 1958
Writer tells how comedian and wife spent grief-filled hours after death
(Associated Press Hollywood Writer James Bacon is a long-time friend of Red and Georgia Skelton. He was with them Saturday night in their Bel-Air home when they returned from UCLA Medical Center, less than one hour after their son, Richard, lost his valiant fight with leukemiaemia.)
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